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Another recording, just to play around some more.

Wanted to play around a bit with Xfire Video Recording. It does a pretty good job.

First… ArkInventory rules/pwns/is awesome etc. Aah… I just had to get that one out there, now on to the “rules” part

ArkInventory is a a bag replacement for World of Warcraft which gives you a massive amount of options to sort and order the contents of your bags and bank. The way ArkInventory does this is by splitting the bags into sections according to the users desire. For example have a section with all your tradeskill items, another for all your trash etc.

ArkInventory is plenty as is for most people just using categories. Using rules makes it even greater. With rules it is possible to specify multiple criteria for how the sections should handle items. Here ar my favorite rules.

Managed Equipment – This rule will create a section where all equipment, which is part of an equipment set (be that Outfitter or Blizzards own Equipment Manager):

Soulbound Equipment, unmanaged – This rule keeps track of all the gear that are no part of an equipment set:

Idols – I’m a druid so this is to keep all my collected idols nice and orderly:

Trinkets – This handles your trinkets:

Tabards – With Wrath of the Lich King tabards actually became useful. This rule will give you control of them:

Tradeskill Tools – Keep track of that Pick, Skinning Knife, Enchanting Rod etc.:

Spell Power and MP5 – This keeps track of all the items that have Spell Power or MP5. Similar approach can be used for other stats:

Today another expansion for the Massively Mutliplayer Online Roleplaying Game (long one) EverQuest was released, expansion number 13 to be precise, called The Buried Sea. Not much for me to write on the subject, so go ahead and read the patch notes instead Read more…

I got myself Dark Messiah and Neverwinter Nights 2, so I’ve been M.I.A. from EverQuest lately while playing those new games

So what are my first impressions?

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is in one word: Awesome!
The graphics are great, the effects on the weapons and spells are nice. The way you fight is not exactly new, but very well implemented, the moves are done very well. The storyline could use a bit of work, I think you’re too locked into whether you’re good or evil.

Neverwinter Nights I can’t really say much about at this time, a few things I can say though. The controls are simply put horrific. The camera is annoying, not at all like you’re used to in the original Neverwinter Nights. Also the story seems a bit too rigid, I mean when I create a Lawfull Evil Drow, I don’t expect to have been raised by a goodly man (wizard? priest?).

Finally back among the living, I got internet in my new apartment yesterday. Just Comhem because there’s no “real” broadband (10/10 Mbit or higher) available in the building

I’m considering buying the latest Expansion for EverQuest: The Serpent’s Spine, but as usual the boxed version isn’t readily available in the stores in Denmark or Sweden and as always only the boxed versions recieve the in-game rewards. Anyway, funds are a bit low, so maybe I should wait a little longer